Technology and geopolitics will dominate the G7 summit in Évian, where host Emmanuel Macron will seek to paper over divisions between the group and the United States.
Leaders will gather for a three-day summit in Évian-les-Bains, a resort town on the shores of Lake Geneva, aiming to forge common positions on how to end the war in Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East and the development of safer technologies.
Many on the sidelines of the summit had hoped the three-day gathering would help pave the way for an end to the Iran war, but those expectations were upended late Sunday when US President Donald Trump announced that a deal had been brokered to end the 15-week conflict.
“Ships of the World, start your engines," Trump said in a social media post celebrating the deal, which he said would pave the way for the US ending its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a major energy corridor that previously catered to 20% of the world's oil.
Germany, France, the UK and Italy released a statement welcoming the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, and the clear "diplomatic breakthrough".
